Nagaland Population - Census India 2011

Nagaland is one of state in India with population of 19,78,502. There are 11 districts, 114 Taluks, 1,428 villages and 26 towns in Nagaland.

As per the Census India 2011, Nagaland has 3,96,002 households, population of 19,78,502 of which 10,24,649 are males and 9,53,853 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 2,91,071 which is 14.71% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Nagaland state is around 931 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Nagaland state is 67.85% out of which 70.65% males are literate and 64.84% females are literate. The total area of Nagaland is 16,579 sq.km with population density of 119 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 71.14% of population lives in Urban area and 28.86% lives in Rural area. There are 0 Scheduled Caste (SC) and 86.48% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Nagaland.

Nagaland Religion Population

Description

Population

Percentage

Total

19,78,502

100%

Christian

17,39,651

87.93%

Hindu

1,73,054

8.75%

Muslim

48,963

2.47%

Buddhist

6,759

0.34%

Other religions and persuasions

3,214

0.16%

Jain

2,655

0.13%

Religion not stated

2,316

0.12%

Sikh

1,890

0.1%

Nagaland Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area